BE CAREFUL OF PROSPECTIVE RENTERS: THEY WILL LIE TO YOU.

[JETHRO TULL]

WE POSTED PICTURES OF THE HOUSE I AM BUILDING EARLIER THIS YEAR. IT'S A HUGE BARN SHAPED, CEDAR HOUSE WITH A GREAT GYM IN THE BOTTOM, AN OFFICE, BIG ROCK SHOWERS, LIVING QUARTERS UPSTAIRS, A CARDIO AREA....NEW EVERYTHING. BRAND NEW APPLIANCES, MY DISHWASHER AND MICROWAVE ARE STILL IN THE BOX. EVERYTHING IS HOOKED UP OTHERWISE ALTHOUGH WE STILL HAVE SOME VARNISHING AND STAINING LEFT TO DO, ETC.

I THOUGHT I'D PUT AN ADD IN THE PAPER FOR A ROOMATE TO HELP ME WITH THE PAYMENTS. IF I HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR A PLACE WHEN I WAS 25 AND SINGLE AND SAW MY HOUSE...I'D HAVE GIVEN MY LEFT NUT TO LIVE THERE!

LEG PRESS, SQUAT RACK, LIFEFITNESS EQUIPMENT, COMPLETE DUMBELLS UP TO 130'S...SMITH, LAT PULLDOWN, LAT ROW, T-BAR, SINGLE LEG STANDING LEG CURL...COMPLETE GYM. A WASHER AND DRYER IN EACH BATHROOM...

LET'S JUST SAY THE PLACE WOULD BE PERFECT FOR ANY LIFTER WHO WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM EVERYONE AND GET HUGE.

IN MY MIND I WAS VISUALIZING SOME OF YOU GUYS FROM THE BOARD COMING OUT, SEEING THE PLACE AND SAYING "HOLY SHIT"....SOME GUY OR GAL WHO WOULD APPRECIATE THE PLACE.

I AM STILL PSYCHED UP ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW! KEEP IN MIND...."I" HAVEN'T EVEN LIVED IN THE HOUSE YET!

I LIVE 5 HOURS AWAY...SO I HAD MY MOM PUT AN ADD IN THE PAPER FOR ME. SHE GIVES A DESCIPTION OF THE PLACE, FULL GYM, PRIVACY, RIVER, ETC.....NO, PETS, NO KIDS.

A SPORTS WRITER FOR A LOCAL PAPER ANSWERS THE ADD AND TELLS MOM THE PLACE IS PERFECT BECAUSE HE DOES MOST OF HIS WORK ON THE COMPUTER. I WENT DOWN TO MEET THE GUY LAST WEEKEND AND SIGN THE RENTAL PAPERS.

WELL, THANK GOD I WENT. THE DUDES FAMILY IS THERE, HIS BROTHERS, SISTERS ETC....WITH BIG MOVING TRAILERS. HE'S NOT THERE.

I LOOK INSIDE MY NEW HOUSE AND EVERY COUNTER IN THE KITCHEN, THE STOVE TOP [WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN USED AND IS GLASS TOP] IS COVERED WITH JUNK. SPOONS, FORKS, ASSORTED PLATES, BOXES OF CRAP THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU COULDN'T GIVE IT AWAY AT A GARAGE SALE. I LOOK IN ONE OF THE BATHROOMS....SAME DEAL. THE DRYER DOOR IS HANING OPEN WITH THE LIGHT ON AND THERE IS JUNK EVERY WHERE. CASES OF BEER STACKED IN THE BATHROOM.

THE GUY HASN'T EVEN LIVED THERE FOR ONE DAY AT THIS POINT. MY HANDS WERE STARTING TO SHAKE AND I TELL THE FAMILY TO STOP EVERYTHING.

I EXPLAIN THE TYPE OF PERSON I HAD IN MIND FOR THIS HOUSE. I TELL THEM I AM A CLEAN FREAK, THAT I WON'T EVEN LET MY GIRL FRIEND BRING HER CAT TO THE HOUSE AS I DON'T WANT CAT HAIR IN THE NEW HOUSE. I TELL THEM I AM INTO PHYSICAL FITNESS AND WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS INTO SIMILAR PURSUITS AS I MENTIONED IN THE NEWSPAPER ADD.

THEY ASKED ME TO AT LEAST MEET "MIKE". SO WE ALL STAND AROUND AND IT'S REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE.

"MIKE" THE SPORTS COLUMNIST SHOWS UP. HE SHAKES MY HAND AND INTRODUCES HIMSELF. THIS PROCESS TAKES SOME TIME SINCE HE HOLDS A LEASH IN HIS RIGHT HAND AND FUMBLES AROUND SWITHING IT OVER TO HIS LEFT HAND.

YES, HE'S GOT A LITTLE DOG. [REMEMER, THE ADD SAID NO PETS, NO KIDS]

MY HANDS SHAKE HARDER AND I AM SPEECHLESS. THE GUY IS MAYBE 5'8 AND 340. GROSSLY FAT. GAP BETWEEN THE FRONT TEETH, PUTRID INCISORS AND INFLAMED GUMS, WHICH STAND OUT BOLDLY AGAINST HIS WHITE FRECKLED SKIN. HE'S ACTUALLY HUFFING AND PUFFING FROM THE WALK TO THE HOUSE.

TURNS OUT HE'S DIABETIC, HAS HEART TROUBLE, IS ON 3 DIFFERENT ANTI-DEPRESSANT MEDICATIONS AND HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL THE NIGHT BEFORE AND GIVEN NITROGLYCERIN.

I MENTION THE FACT THAT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK AND I GIVE HIM HIS CHECK BACK. I ALSO MENTION THE FACT THAT I'VE GOT WOOD FLOORS UPSTAIR AND HE HAS A DOG. HE THEN TELLS ME THE DOG IS WELL TRAINED AND HAS NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM.

HIS SISTER THEN CHIMES IN WITH THIS STATEMENT: "WELL, SHE WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM IF YOU WEREN'T TOO LAZY TO GET OUT OF THE CHAIR AND LET HER OUT".....NICE!

TURNS OUT HE'S BEING SUED BY THE LAST PEOPLE HE RENTED FROM FOR DESTROYING THERE HOUSE. THE DOG URINATED AND SHAT ALL OVER THE FLOORS. [ I FOUND THIS OUT LATER ]

THEY PACKED UP WHAT LITTLE JUNK HE'D STARTED TO UNLOAD AND THEY LEFT.

ALL I CAN SAY IS.....I'LL NEVER THINK OF DOING THAT AGAIN! GEEZ PEOPLE ARE FULL OF SHIT. MY MOM WAS CRYING BECAUSE SHE TRUSTED THIS ASSHOLE. LUCKY I WAS THERE....BEFORE ANY DAMAGE COULD HAPPEN. I SWEAR TO GOD THAT IT TOOK THREE HOURS BEFORE MY PULSE RATE WENT BACK TO NORMAL.

I WAS THINKING OF A GUY LIKE KM2000. SOME GUY WHO DOESN'T EVEN EAT JUNK FOOD, YOU KNOW?

THEN CHRIS FARLEY SHOWS UP.

 

[rAJJIN]

Ohh shit Jethro! Im glad your Brain or heart didnt explode!
Damn good thing you put an end to that right then and there.
Uncomfortable at the time Im sure But they shouldnt have ever made you feel that way. Some people man...
You and Lynx Just need to get married and move into the house and a few years down the road have a bunch of crazy little kids and hell maybe even a Pet of your Own..OUTSIDE hahaha.
I can picture it all now...Piss on that guy. Guys Like him Need trailor parks
Not your Badasss dream home!

 

[JETHRO TULL]

RAJIN, THE GUYS BROTHER MADE THIS COMMENT:

"I COULD SEE THE HONEY MOON WOULDN'T LAST LONG THE SECOND WE MET YOU". [???? WTF???] EVERYONE ONE THAT MEETS ME USUALLY THINKS WERE GONNA BE BEST FRIENDS...IT ANNOYS THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF MEREDITH.

MY DAD FOUND OUT THIS "MIKE THE SPORTSWRITER" HAS BEEN KICKED OUT OF THE LAST THREE PLACES HE'S RENTED FROM!

BUT.....I GUESS I'M THE ASSHOLE.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CRYED IF I'D GONE INTO THAT HOUSE AND SAW DOG SHIT/ PISS ON THE FLOOR. I'VE WAITED UNTIL AGE 40 TO BUILD, NEVER OWNED A HOUSE UNTIL NOW. IT'S EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED AND I GUESS I THE THOUGHT OF SOMEONE TAKING IT FOR GRANTED MAKES MY SKIN CRAWL.

I FEEL BAD FOR GUYS WHO HAVE DAUGHTERS.

IF THE FEELING OF SOME SHITHEAD TREATING A GUYS DAUGHTER BADLY IS ANYTHING LIKE SOME SHITHEAD MESSING UP MY HOUSE/GYM, IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE FEELING. I THINK I'D HAVE JUST THROWN THE GUY AND HIS 'WELL TRAINED' DOG OFF THE BALCONY OR JUST SHOT THEM BOTH.

I THINK I JUST DEVELOPED A NERVOUS TICK IN MY LEFT EYELID.

 

[AWN2004]

I remember those pics JT. Man that was a sweet house. I remember you had those cool sliding doors between rooms. Honestly, if I could afford to just drop everything and take a "vacation" for a year Id do that in a heart beat. Eat, train, maybe hunt a little if I was lucky, and the sleep. A place like that teaches you a lot about yourself (being out in the open country). That place is a steal for whatever you are charging.

 

[km2000]

damn!

i used to work at a gym selling memberships, i remember hearing peoples voices when calling leads and trying to picture what they looked like... i was always wrong! i cant imagine judging someones merit and trust over the phone...

i cant belive you didnt have more offers from people? if i saw an add in the paper that had your description of a house and a home gym (with db up to 130!) i would have pissed myself trying to find my phone to call you and give you my first and last month rent! thats a bodybuilders dream!

i feel ya, i am a clean freak as well... i like to have my things in order and tidy, and one thing i cant stand is an animal shitting and pissin in my house! some people i wonfer about? you walk into their home and they dont seem to smell or see the huge pile of shit(and piss) from their animal?...... i will never understand that...

hey jethro, if i lived anywhere near you, i would gladly room up with ya! i think we would make great roomies... (we would have to get the exceutive membership at costco and another fridge too!)

 

[JETHRO TULL]

AWN, IT WAS 500 PER MONTH, I PAY UTILITIES.

I remember those pics JT. Man that was a sweet house. I remember you had those cool sliding doors between rooms. Honestly, if I could afford to just drop everything and take a "vacation" for a year Id do that in a heart beat. Eat, train, maybe hunt a little if I was lucky, and the sleep. A place like that teaches you a lot about yourself (being out in the open country). That place is a steal for whatever you are charging.

YEP, HUGE 5' X 8' SLIDING STALL DOORS! EASY TO GET THROUGH WITH ANY PIECE OF FURNITURE OR IF YOU NEED LOTS OF ROOM DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOUR LATS ARE THAT WIDE! LOL....

I HAD A WOMAN COME OUT LAST WEEKEND TO SEE IF I'D TAKE HER SON OUT FLOATING THE RIVER....IT'S COOL WHERE I LIVE, NO DOUBT.

 

[JETHRO TULL]

KM2000, YEAH, YOU'D LOVE IT.

damn!

i used to work at a gym selling memberships, i remember hearing peoples voices when calling leads and trying to picture what they looked like... i was always wrong! i cant imagine judging someones merit and trust over the phone...

i cant belive you didnt have more offers from people? if i saw an add in the paper that had your description of a house and a home gym (with db up to 130!) i would have pissed myself trying to find my phone to call you and give you my first and last month rent! thats a bodybuilders dream!

i feel ya, i am a clean freak as well... i like to have my things in order and tidy, and one thing i cant stand is an animal shitting and pissin in my house! some people i wonfer about? you walk into their home and they dont seem to smell or see the huge pile of shit(and piss) from their animal?...... i will never understand that...

hey jethro, if i lived anywhere near you, i would gladly room up with ya! i think we would make great roomies... (we would have to get the exceutive membership at costco and another fridge too!)

LAST WEEKEND I WAS THERE, ROLLED OUT OF BED...CRANKED UP THE MUSIC...TOOK A LONG HOT SHOWER, TRAINED BACK FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. SET UP ALL MY STATIONS, HAD WEIGHT LOADED ON THE T-BAR ROW....PULLDOWN....ETC...KEPT ON GOING FROM ONE STATION TO ANOTHER.

DRANK MY FIRST MEAL....TOOK A LONG WALK OUT BY THE RIVER. CAME BACK, SHOWERED AGAIN....TOOK A NAP. THE START TO A VERY GOOD DAY! I TOLD MEREDITH....SCREW HAWAII, JUST LET ME STAY HERE.

 

[Northwatch619]

Hey JT

Damn I feel for you Bud! I would have have EXPLODED with the sight of that shit all over my house...You've got good control...I'm sure it was eatting you inside...You're muscles must have taken hell the next trip to the gym...Beating all your frustrations out..LOL You were probably pumped to the hilt. LOL

Like you I'm a clean freak...It's alway nice to find other bud's who are the same...I used to try and hide that part of me but no longer..Like you said at our age and our first nice house damn someone's not going the frig with it. I told my family..you like pets good, keep them at your house..LOL I was hesitate at first about letting my family and friends know..then one friend told me, " I won't have some dog drag his a-- across my living room floor" I Laughed and thought he's right...

NW

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Sounds like a dream home, and I would rent it if I could afford it (probably not). Sorry it turned out to be a nightmare for you.

 

[bulldog21]

THEN CHRIS FARLEY SHOWS UP.

Chris Farley was there!!! Sweet!!!

 

[eek]

it takes a certain type of person who can deal with renters. My father in law was the best. he was 6'3" about 300lbs. no one ever tried any crap. if they did, he would play it cool and never loose his temper. the day after he passed away, half the renters of the places he owned stopped paying rent. everyone says it's a great way to subsidize a mortgage, but as you found out, there's a whole bunch of shitty people out there looking to take advantage anyway they can. I couldn't deal with it at all. I'd be going to jail if I had to deal with people like that.

 

[bulldog21]

NO in all seriousness JT I am glad that he did not move in. If I didn't have to communte 2000 miles everyday for work I would be there and we would have some kick ass workouts!!!!

Man what a day you had......eat go and train, eat.....take a nice long walk outside.....eat...WOW what a day!! lol...

 

[MAINEVENT]

That house to me sounds like the perfect dream home. You know its funny, when i use to rent i always treated the place like i owned it.

I have a few rentals now and i can tell you 95% of the people out there just treat places like shit and DO NOT CARE about tearing up someone else's property.

BTW, when i come visit...thats where im staying, right?

 

[JETHRO TULL]

I ACTUALLY FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO BARF.

Hey JT

Damn I feel for you Bud! I would have have EXPLODED with the sight of that shit all over my house...You've got good control...I'm sure it was eatting you inside...You're muscles must have taken hell the next trip to the gym...Beating all your frustrations out..LOL You were probably pumped to the hilt. LOL

Like you I'm a clean freak...It's alway nice to find other bud's who are the same...I used to try and hide that part of me but no longer..Like you said at our age and our first nice house damn someone's not going the frig with it. I told my family..you like pets good, keep them at your house..LOL I was hesitate at first about letting my family and friends know..then one friend told me, " I won't have some dog drag his a-- across my living room floor" I Laughed and thought he's right...

NW

I AM PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS TRYING TO BE NICE....I ACTUALLY PREFER TO BE FAR AWAY FROM PEOPLE. IT'S MUCH EASIER TO HAVE SIMPLE, HAPPY DAYS. NO LITTLE WHITE JACK-OFFS WITH THEIR HATS COCKED OFF TO ONE SIDE PRETENDING TO BE BLACK GANGSTAS. I REALLY WISH SOME CRIPS WOULD SHOW UP HERE IN MONTANA AND BEAT THESE LITTLE FRAT FAGS DOWN! LOL....

 

[JETHRO TULL]

NO MAN, YOU COULD AFFORD IT.

Sounds like a dream home, and I would rent it if I could afford it (probably not). Sorry it turned out to be a nightmare for you.

I JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD SOME EXTRA SUPPLEMENTS! LOL

I TOOK DOWN THE PICS I HAD OF THE PLACE BECAUSE I FIGURED BOARD MEMBERS WERE GETTING SICK OF MY POSTS.

HERE IS SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT AT THE HOUSE. IT'S STILL NOT DONE IN THESE PHOTOS, BUT YOU GET THE IDEA.


[CRAP....I'LL HAVE TO RESIZE THE PICS AND I DON'T HAVE TIME THIS MORNING! I AM GOING ON A FIELD TRIP TO THE BUFFALO JUMPS...TEACHING SUMMER SCHOOL! I'LL TAKE SOME PICS OF THAT TOO.]

 

[BOOMSHAKER]

JT, you dodged a big bullett there brother. But glad you knew what you wanted and had the right to turn him down! Good for you bro!

 

[Pekkerwood]

Been there done that...

Jethro:

I have about 70 single family homes and 136 apt units I own with my business partner. You must, must, must, do a credit check and call references. The last place they live is very important. It sometimes takes a while for evictions to show up on record. The pain of not checking will far outway the extra couple weeks it takes to find a quality tenant. Several services are available to run background/credit checks on prospective tenants. Eviction laws vary state to state but it can take months in some states if they fully know the process.

Happy to provide any help I can, just let me know.

Pekkerwood

 

[Tyrone]

YEP, HUGE 5' X 8' SLIDING STALL DOORS! EASY TO GET THROUGH WITH ANY PIECE OF FURNITURE OR IF YOU NEED LOTS OF ROOM DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOUR LATS ARE THAT WIDE! LOL....

I HAD A WOMAN COME OUT LAST WEEKEND TO SEE IF I'D TAKE HER SON OUT FLOATING THE RIVER....IT'S COOL WHERE I LIVE, NO DOUBT.

Jeez, 500/month...If I was out there I'd pay you over 2 grand(all I could afford) to live in that beautiful place...I pay over 1 grand for a 1bd and 1bth apt.
I remember the pics of your place JT, and it was a dream and the complete home gym...Wow...Why don't you just live there again?

 

[littlemack]

YEP, HUGE 5' X 8' SLIDING STALL DOORS! EASY TO GET THROUGH WITH ANY PIECE OF FURNITURE OR IF YOU NEED LOTS OF ROOM DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOUR LATS ARE THAT WIDE! LOL....

I HAD A WOMAN COME OUT LAST WEEKEND TO SEE IF I'D TAKE HER SON OUT FLOATING THE RIVER....IT'S COOL WHERE I LIVE, NO DOUBT.

Ok...where do I sign JT? That sounds like a steal! Are there national parks nearby? I think I want to become a park ranger.

 

[thebrick]

I remember seeing the photos of that place and it was beautiful place in a perfect setting. I would have trouble trusting anyone with it but me. Its worth more than $500 a month for sure. Increase the rent x 4 and maybe you will get someone more responsible that can appreciate it.